#1Famous people · Brampton
174 famous people were born in Brampton, more of them athletes than in most towns
Most widely known is Michael Cera, the Canadian actor, with articles in 51 languages. 132 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Born in 1837, William Hepburn Scott is the first name on record, and Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, born in 2004, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.2, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there.
Born here
174
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Michael Cera
51 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1837
William Hepburn Scott
Youngest
2004
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty
Most common field
Sports
115 people
What stands out about Brampton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Brampton’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 50.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawNotableMusicWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Brampton
#1CL#2
Sports
Cyle Larin
born 1995Canadian association football player
41 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Atiba Hutchinson
born 1983Canadian soccer player
38 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Brampton is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Brampton
The rest number 171, with 113 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Brampton
Who is the most famous person from Brampton?
By our measure the best known is Michael Cera (Canadian actor); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Cyle Larin and Atiba Hutchinson.
How many famous people were born in Brampton?
Wikidata counts 235 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Brampton known for?
Here the share is 66%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brampton?
William Hepburn Scott (1837). At the other end, the youngest was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Brampton?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Brampton’s city limits (the city’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes. Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa and the other split cities keep a birth recorded only as the city on the city’s own page, while each neighbourhood lists just the births recorded in it.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up at the next refresh.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (74)
- Michael Cera: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Atiba Hutchinson: Beşiktaş JK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Junior Hoilett: Hossein Zohrevand, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paulo Costanzo: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tristan Thompson: TechCrunch, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Nash: Robert Kowal, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tory Lanez: The Come Up Show, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doneil Henry: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip J. Currie: jasonwoodhead23, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Branden: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Seguin: Erin Costa from Flower Mound, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lara Jean Chorostecki: Lara Jean Chorostecki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Monahan: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christabel Nettey: Dmitry Rozhkov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Chapman: Klinsmann2011, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Wedgewood: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brenna O'Brien: Brumo65, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sabrina Grdevich: Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shannon Lynn: alainalele, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheldon Keefe: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Terry: RangerRick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Danton: Lowdown, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Graovac: Leech44, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Allison Pottinger: Women's_Curling_Team_USA.jpg : Chase N. derivative work: Runmatze, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caroline Armington: unknown photographer, book editor was Winfield Scott Downs (1895-1958), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Hodgman: Jessica, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Singh: wanderin' wolfgang, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Elik: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christabel Oduro: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kris Newbury: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Woods: The Come Up Show from Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adonijah Reid: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Cameron: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Storr: Delta News Hub, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jared Gomes: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Faria: Djuradj Vujcic, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaan Hundal: John Jacques, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Lynch Scott: Byron-May Company Limited, Edmonton, Alberta, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Shepherd: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Smith Stewart: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Palmer: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Murphy Wiredu: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sunny Tripathy: Sahil Punamia, SunnyT Films, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Keefe: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Comeau: DelphineComeau, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Baj Maan: Cold, Indrid, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Sparre: Stefanie Kovacevic (Tigersplayer), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lowell Wright: Djuradj Vujcic, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Srbely: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Othalie Graham: Copyright holder Othalie Graham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Hannah: This image is a work by Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons user C.Suthorn. When reusing, credit me as described in the Licensing information below., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reshaun Walkes: Djuradj Vujcic, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Ricci: Daniel Bowles, U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tobias Norris: Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. J. Smith: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Cash: Headradio6, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Seeback: Connor Mah, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Laidlaw: Tglife40, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Chant: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Phillips: RealTVfilms, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham McGregor: Ontario Legislature, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Crawford: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jabar Westerman: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Yurichuk: Winnipeg Blue Bombers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mikyla Grant-Mentis: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robbie Smith: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Reid: Denise Grant, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaq Johnson: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trevor Large: West Point - The U.S. Military Academy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Barrie: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jasvir Rakkar: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr , personal website , twitter , instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Veltman: JamesTeterenko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nakas Onyeka: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Maver: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).